John B. Quigley (born 1940) is a professor of law at the

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at the

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, where he is the Presidents' Club Professor of Law Emeritus. In 1995 he was recipient of the Ohio State University Distinguished Scholar Award. Born John Bernard Quigley Jr., he was raised in

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and educated at the St. Louis Country Day School. He graduated from Harvard in the class of 1962, later taking an LL.B degree from Harvard Law School in 1966 and an M.A., also awarded in 1966. He was admitted to the bar in Massachusetts in 1967. Before joining the Ohio State faculty in 1969, he was a research scholar at

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, and a research associate in comparative law at

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. Professor Quigley teaches

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and

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. Professor Quigley holds an adjunct appointment in the Political Science Department. In 1982–83 he was a visiting professor at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. John Quigley is active in international human rights work. He has published many articles and books on

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, the

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, war and peace, east European law, African law, and the

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. He is fluent in Russian and French and highly proficient in Spanish and Swahili.John B. Quigley

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Bibliography

* ''Basic Laws on the Structure of the Soviet State'' (with H. J. Berman),

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, 1969 * ''The Merchant Shipping Code of the USSR'' (1968) (with

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, 1970 * ''The Soviet Foreign Trade Monopoly: Institutions and Laws'',

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, 1974 * ''Law After Revolution: Essays on Socialist Law in Honor of Harold J. Berman'' (edited) (with William E. Butler and Peter B. Maggs),

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, 1988 * ''Palestine and Israel: A Challenge to Justice'',

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, 1990 * ''The Ruses for War: American Interventionism Since World War II'',

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, 1992 * ''Flight into the Maelstrom: Immigration to Israel and Middle East Peace'', Ithaca Press, 1997 * ''Genocide in Cambodia: Documents from the Trial of

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'' (edited, with Howard J. DeNike and Kenneth J. Robinson),

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, 2000 * ''The Case for Palestine: An International Law Perspective'', Duke University Press, 2005 * ''The Genocide Convention: An International Law Analysis'', Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2006 * ''The Statehood of Palestine'',

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, 2011 * ''The Six-Day War and Israeli Self-Defense: Questioning the Legal Basis for Preventive War'', Cambridge University Press, 2013 * ''The International Diplomacy of Israel's Founders'', Cambridge University Press, 2016 Faculty digests: * To Combat Terrorism, U.S. Must Re-Examine Foreign Policy, "Identifying the Origins of Anti-American Terrorism," ''

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'', 2006 (56 Fla. L. Rev. 1003) * Courts Should Recognize Treaty-Based Rights, "Toward More Effective Judicial Implementation of Treaty-Based Rights," ''

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'', 2006 (29 Fordham Int'l L.J. 552) * Palestinian Crisis Best Understood Under International Law "International Law and the Palestinian Refugees," ''

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'', 2005

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